any resemblance—except someone who does not know Allah, has not given Him His due, and fails to discern the meaning intended by the context.

Second: Both sound intellect and revealed law affirm the vast chasm that separates the Creator and the creature in essence and existence. How, then, could any believer—or even any rational person—conceive that their attributes might be identical, let alone actually believe such a thing of Allah, exalted and sublime?